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###@#*§†=^ JUST OFF THE COAST TO THE BALTIC SEA ^=†§*#@###
##@#*§†=^. THERE'S A FRESHWATER POND, SECLUDED .^=†§*#@##
##@#*§†=^. AMONG ASHEN AND JUNIPER. A CLEFT IN THE .^=†§*#@##
##@#*§†=^. LIMESTONE BEDROCK, SHARP-CUT FROM THE .^=†§*#@##
#***§§†=^. SURROUNDING PLAINS, A NINETY DEGREE .^=†§§***#
@**§†††=^. DROP DOWN, DOWN, TO THE MIDNIGHT-BLACK .^=†††§**@
###§==.... WATER. ....==§###
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##*§=..... =====§§ FAIRIES LIVE HERE. §§===== .....=§*##
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##@#*§†=^. THEY SPEAK TO THE SLOANE, CARESS IT, .^=†§*#@##
@@*§§==... URGE IT TO GROW THICKER, TANGLED, WITH ...==§§*@@
####*§†=^. LONGER AND SHARPER THORNS. THEY TELL IT .^=†§*####
#§=^...... TO STAY JUST BELOW THE GRASS, SO THAT ......^=§#
@@#*††==^. THE ANIMALS WHAT COME TO DRINK THE .^==††*#@@
##@#*§†=^. WATER CANNOT SEE IT BEFORE IT DRAWS .^=†§*#@##
##@#*§†=^. THEIR BLOOD. CLOSER TO THE POND, THE .^=†§*#@##
###§=..... SLOANE CAN GROW TALLER, BEING ABLE TO .....=§###
##@#*§†=^. HIDE ALSO IN THE JUNIPER. .^=†§*#@##
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##@#*§†=^. THE FAIRIES WILL BECKON THE ANIMALS TO .^=†§*#@##
@@@#*§†=^. PUSH FORWARD, TELL THEM THAT THEY'RE .^=†§*#@@@
##@#*§†=^. ALMOST AT THE WATER, THAT THEY MAY .^=†§*#@##
##@#*§†=^. DRINK SOON. AND THEY WILL TUG ON THE .^=†§*#@##
##@#*§†=^. SLOANE TO MAKE SURE THAT THE THORNS CUT .^=†§*#@##
#**††††=^. DEEP. WHEN THEY FINALLY FIND THE PATH .^=††††**#
@@@#*§†=^. DOWN BETWEEN THE ROCKS, AWAY FROM THE .^=†§*#@@@
####*§†=^. BUSHWORK AND INTO THE CLEFT, THEY ARE .^=†§*####
@***§=.... BLEEDING FROM A THOUSAND WOUNDS. AS ....=§***@
#**†=^.... THEY DRINK FROM THE DARK WATER, IT IS ....^=†**#
#§=^...... IN TURN DRINKING THE ANIMALS BLOOD. ......^=§#
#***§§†=^. .^=†§§***#
##@#*§†=^. THE CIRCLE IS COMPLETE, THE CONTRACT .^=†§*#@##
##§††††=^. CARRIED OUT; THE ANIMAL IS ABANDONED TO .^=††††§##
####*§†=^. FIND ITS OWN WAY BACK. THE BUSHES ROOTS .^=†§*####
####*§†=^. DRINK THE NUTRUTIOUS WATER. THE FAIRIES .^=†§*####
###@#*†=^. DANCE IN THE SUNBEAMS. .^=†*#@###
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